Rockstar Energy Factory
Husqvarna Racing's Craig De-
Long led the XC2 250 Pro class
early after grabbing the holeshot,
as he and AmPro Yamaha's Mike
Witkowski battled with Girroir
over the class win.
DeLong finished second in the
class and seventh overall, while
Witkowski finished eighth overall
and third in the XC2 250 Pro
class.
"Definitely a rough year for
me in general, just dealing with
a lot of things," said Witkowski.
"I needed this ride so bad. I
worked really hard after I got ev-
erything sorted with my body for
a solid month before this race.
So, I'm just honestly so blessed
to be up here and see all the
hard work and just everything
come into action."
Phoenix Honda's Ruy Barbosa
was ninth overall, while Rockstar
Energy Factory Husqvarna Rac-
ing's Trevor Bollinger rounded
out the top 10.
Babbitt's Online/Monster
Energy/Team Green Kawasaki's
Josh Strang crashed early and
damaged a radiator, making just
four of the six laps.
Coastal Racing GasGas' Ricky
Russell missed the race due to
Covid protocols.
KLM/GasGas' Grant Baylor
also skipped the race due to
injury.
Jonathan Johnson (Magna1
Motorsports/Husqvarna)
claimed his eighth win of the
season in the FMF XC3 125cc
Pro-Am class, finishing over four
minutes ahead of Chase Colville
(Yamaha), with Jason Lipscomb
(KTM) in third.
AmPro Yamaha's Rachael
Archer ran away with the XCW
class, taking a dominating win
over Babs Racing Yamaha/
Fly/Maxxis/Pro Circuit's Becca
Sheets.
Archer led from the second
turn of the race and finished with
over five minutes to spare at the
finish.
"I was third around the first
corner and Kori and McKenzie
went real wide and I got into the
lead," said Archer. "Then rode
by myself the whole race, basi-
cally. I had a 35-second lead
on the first lap. Then this last
section from the eight to the ten,
I pulled another minute and just
kept making the gap bigger and
bigger and managed to win by
five minutes. I think I was riding
a bit better in the really technical
rocky sections. I had a couple of
run-ins with a lapper, but other
than that, I had a perfect race."
Sheets finished second with
Enduro Engineering/Fly Rac-
ing KTM's Mackenzie Tricker in
third.
Shan Moore
OVERALL
1. Steward Baylor (Yam)
2. Ben Kelley (KTM)
3. Jordan Ashburn (Hus)
4. Josh Toth (KTM)
5. Thad DuVall (Hus)
6. Johnny Girroir (GG)
7. Craig DeLong (Hus)
8. Mike Witkowski (Yam)
9. Ruy Barbosa (Hon)
10. Trevor Bollinger (Hus)
IN
THE
WIND
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Rachael Archer ran away
with the Women's Pro class.
